Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-11-27
steel ~. Iron.

very hopeful tG2S the DAY VIII vet come
when steel viii take the place Of iron alto
gether. Ills idea is based on q letter which
he recently received from a prominent iron
manufacturer in England. The letter
showed that it vas written by one well in
formed. The writer says: 81 have about
completed arrangements for a plant to
make POO tons OF basic steel a day, and l
r.---s -.-~' - ,uav VIA All
be built in England during the coming
wear. The day As near ut hand when the
old tngy way Of pudding or boiling iron
will be done away with The writer then
says: Il must admit that Pittsburg, in
the United States, IL fast becoming the
most progressive city IN the world IN the
manufacture Of iron and steel, but until
she does away with her many hundreds OF
pudding furnaces, rs / saw them a few
wears ago, she will still have the credit IT
rliugiES 10 the tOgy ways Of the days Of
our gyaudtrtlrcrs. In his closing remarks
he adds: "Iu ENGLAND puddlsrs are get
ting very scarce; they arc forced to 90 to
America il they want TO work II heir old
trade
Cur English friend has precisely the
same views that Our manufacturers had q
few years ago; thry too, wanted to force
puddllrg cut a existence. Some few firms
here went even SO far ~ 60 tear down some
Of their pui,{liug furnaces, but some have
since rebuilt theta and added new mes
And while tha same firms make steel they
make and u more pudd.sd iron now tGan
ever before.
Nearly very market in the old world has
fine gsadgs OF cutlery marked Sheffield,
hut the material in il is made in pittsburg.
The progress ul making steel, or what
should be properly called making iron by a
new process, Is progressing wonderfully in
this country, especially in this city.
Within the last year and 4 halfthe capacity
has been increased neatly to 500 tOnSa day.
But il must not he forgotten thar pudding
has also been increased 10 almost 2GO tons
ulv. and the end in both IS not yet.
From VIVA. We are able 10 predict now,
there is no danger OF steel knocking out
puidling, unless some very wonderful and
unforeseen circumstances take place. But
ifeyer that should come topass, American
ingenuity Will certainly learn such facts
long before its conservative competitor
across the ocean.
We can only say this week that the run
i th2same o. It was last week. There is
NO change, hut Their. Is still a scarcity Of
muck iron. The k~lttanning mill is now
about the only Mil outside Of Pittsburg
making muyk iron for mills hs,g. Con
siderable outside muck taJs IL shipped
i.rc. hut from different firms. The few
around arTu Selllag -aS iron are doing 50
.L. -. .-.1 ,.,.. r.WFfrrrfa 20 a., On 10.
some ti,ag. Their Is nothing whatever t'
warrant c failing OF Ia The demand FER
muck basS, which = about 2uO sons y day
move than the daily output. This IS eStI-
mated in this curty 10 be about Zoo
tons rom almost l,lu9 pudding furnaces
Oh double and less ,haR lUO onslngie tarn.
temsu OF IntereS. picked up About the city
aud Vicinity,
The Belmont mill, IL il s3ii, viii retUrH
TO the Use OF cuai. which will give some
thing like sixty miners emnloyment,
The cold IRON nlil,rs OF the BsllajTe fac
tory rave been only r~Gnaing two machines
apiece.
The winduw-g'aSS factories Of Bellaire,
q. are IN hettcr condition than they have
been for years. Mast OF them hayedcclared
q dividend ranging Irnm tive 40 ten Per
cent. Orders are somewhat slow now,
but the outlook for a?rjr@ Is encouraging"
A. VI. Hall, q well known Ia Belle EN-
ploYe, vino has beer III for SOU. tine, Is
much improved, "htcd his friends will he
glad 20 hear.
4 force OF men arc at work repairing
the stone abutments Of tae Ci"vritnd and
Hhs.N-l..-. Ih,FIr.l LrFl -. mas WhA-lE.r
creek in Bridgeport.
The Beawood miIl ia sill closed down,
the lailers refusing 10 work after might
and being uuahl" ~ work n the day time
on account Of AZ insult 'Isucy OF natural
g0S.
The Isaugilir nail works at Martin,
Ferry are closed dJwn this week. Several
lar.e shipments If nails ave been made,
and work will n c-Sumsd OF MOnd"
next.
The suueCzcrs oi the Standard mil
which were broken something over 4
week ago, have rot been repa'red yet Oh
account Of the failure Of the necessary
castings to arrive. The pieces we've snip,
ped from Pi!isburg last Monday, and are
still on the road somewhere. Otherwis'
the MN NNlllNA navy 'tfh w WI N"A a
in the wees.
Negotiations are now pending between
the Old naileT- AMI the feeder rlilgI5at the
Laughliu mill ia Martins Ferry, for the
formation of a local organization cOmprlS
ing the entire mailer force Of the mill, both
the oh and the ''tsedeU' variety. The
feeder nSilCrs positively decline 10 jOiI
the Amalgamation until other mills ar
range for the same thing, and even The
old nailers and members Ot the Amalg1
nation can see that il wonld he suicida
for the feeder" plilers in the Laughliu L
do this till Others are ready to 90 the same
Since no arrangement can be made to pm
all the nailers i'm the mill into the Anal
gamation, il has heen decided by bOtl
sides that a local organization must be form
ed TO protect their mutual interests in thi;
one factory. The old nallerS have one
factory, and the FEEDER nailers are al
working in another buildiug entirely re-
moved from the old mailer factory. This
state of affairs II is claimed by the men IN
both is taken advantage OF by the msnage
ment, and the men in both factories forced
To submit To obnoxious rules aud regula'
tions by the management telling the mel
in one factory that the men in the OtheI
submit TO them and that they must. Ar
organization of both these factories int
one body would make consultations AND
an Interchange OF sentiment on all subjects
possible and can only work to the interes'
of both. One meeting has already beer
held and Others will follow.
When a reporter of the Pottery and Glass
,cdrs Journal called ut the office Of Hobbs
Brockunier q Co. It was learned that thu
three furnaces are still on full and bust
ness has been booming, but is b~eginningt Il
slaeken up somewhat, as it usually does a
this season Of the year. At present bust
ness is only fair. This firm will have
splendid new line ready for the SpriD.
trade. Mr.. Z. NJ. Hildreth, the Southern
salesman, who has been in for seyera
weeks, made a brief but successful tril
ont in Ohio last week. Mr.. ID. b. Martin
Western salesman. left last week on hi
trip for Hobbs, B~rOckunier & Co. He vii
rsfnrn next month and will sever his con